Tuesday (Martis/Martes/Mardi) is Mars' day so let's take a look at the red fella. Oh wait, we can't. Why? Because he's too damn close to the Sun to be seen. That's right, Mr. Mars is "Under the Beams." You see, there comes a time during the 26-month (average) Mars synodic cycle when the Sun pulls within 15 degrees of the Red Planet. Then he ain't red no more; not to those of us here on Earth, anyway. He's just gone. Why, because he's too damn close to the Sun to be seen, you see? No you don't... that's the point of this thing! We can't see Him. In fact, His light is unavailable to the Earthly eye for four months time. That's the longest Underworld period for any of the Planets.Shamanic Astrology imagines the ancients would have imagined that a Planet descended into the Underworld when it disappeared from the world's stage. Makes sense right? It especially does when you watch the sky. Early this year Mars was a bright evening star. Remember that close conjunction he made with Venus at the end of February on his favorite Aries playing field on February 22nd? It was a sight to see. After that kiss, Venus ascended higher and higher into the night because she was moving much faster than the Sun. Not Mars though... the Sun was chasing him down. The effect we saw was that Mars was descending lower and lower in the Sunset sky every night. This is because the Sun is setting later and later and closer and closer to Mars so he was closer to the horizon before the sky darkened enough for us to see his light. On April 17th, the Sun pulled within 15 degrees and Mars fell Under the Beams or descended into the Underworld" because He set before it became dark enough to see His red light. Gone! Gone for four months!!!You think He digs that? The ancients did not. The teachings of the Hellenistic astrologers suggest a Planet is weakened when it falls under the beams. Shamanic Astrologers see it more as a necessary initiation, one that Mars enjoys for four months of his 26-month cycle. Okay, maybe He doesn't enjoy it per se, but it is an essential part of His evolution. Hasn't it been essential to yours? Of course it has. Now just what is the Divine intent of this particular initiation and where is within the process on this Tuesday of his?To approach an answer to that question, we first must observe where he began that quest. Many astrologers say that Mars begins his 26-month (average) quest when he is Cazimi, "in the heart of it," AKA conjunct the Sun. This happened one month ago today on June 14th in the 24th degree of Gemini. This is an interesting perspective, one worth investigating. If you'd like to dig in, I suggest listening to this episode of Gary P Caton's Hermetic Astrology Podcast recorded with Adam Gainsburg at that time (https://www.facebook.com/hermetic.astro…/app_282096688512542).Daniel Giamario (founder of the Shamanic Astrology paradigm) has a different view that I really dig. Shamanic Astrology sees the Mars cycle beginning not at conjunction to the Sun, but at Opposition. Why? Because, at conjunction Mars is the middle of the Underworld months. He cannot be seen. Astronomically, He is on the exact opposite side of the Sun from the Earth. His light is as removed from us as it can be. We see this more as seed moment, not of His birth, but of His rebirth. Shamanic Astrology sees His birth at opposition (the middle of his 4-month retrograde period) because at that time He is closest to the Earth, brightest, and most visible, rising as the Sun sets and dominating the night sky.This also makes sense when you watch the sky... Mars was cruising through the Signs until he stationed retrograde in the last degrees of Libra on March 1st last year (2014). It's like Libra stood up and said, I'm not done with you yet, Red fella. Mars reached opposition to the Sun on April 8th last year at 19 degrees Libra and that's where Shamanic Astrology sees him beginning his 26-month quest. This is the Yang (Masculine) energy devoting himself to a study of Libra: partnership, relationship, diplomacy. Something our culture conditions us to believe is not his forte. In fact, the ancients say Libra is the Sign of Mars' Detriment. While Shamanic Astrology says all of the Signs are a valid expression for the Masculine energy that Mars represents, it is no doubt true that the God of War has a thing or two to learn about equality in partnership. In other words, this quest is a courageous one.During this quest, He must release everything he thought he knew about relationship to find His way to partnership's truth. And we're all dealing with that now, especially right now with Mars in the Underworld, where Mars will be until the Sun passes far enough by (15 degrees) for Him to be reborn in the morning sky with his heliacal rise, which will come our way on August 5th. Add to that the fact that Mars is currently weathering his Underworld initiation in the Sign of Cancer where the ancients tell us Mars is in his Fall. Is Cancer a valid expression for the Masculine energy? Of course, it is. But our culture has conditioned us to believe the nurture-first Cancer archetype is for the ladies.Of course that's nonsense, but the Masculine has work to do to reclaim his tenderness. The God of War, for example, might think of tenderizing meat by beating it when he hears that foreign word. Doesn't it make sense for Cancer to be a significant archetype of Underworld initiation for the Yang energy that set out over a year ago to study partnership? Pardon my language, by the Masculine is currently being forced to consider this key question... "how have I been a dick in the past?" "How have I betrayed the Goddess?" "How have I betrayed the truth of my heart?" These are courageous contemplations to consider.At this time, Mars is fast approaching his opposition to Pluto, which will actualize tomorrow morning (7/15) on Mercury's Day (Wednesday). Pluto has the great gift of taking us into our darkness to shed fears so that we can find the light on the other side of the tunnel. What a blessing, then, that Mercury has joined Mars for this difficult day of his quest. What a double blessing, that Moon joins for a group hug in Her home of Cancer. The general statement is that it's okay for the Masculine energy to express his feelings. The opposition to Pluto suggests this guidance will come His way through an outer force. Take a look at the list of Signs the Planets spin in at this time. It's all Fire and Water with Pluto holding down the Capricorn Roots of the Earth. What do you think, would Mars prefer to be in the flames or the ocean?The old systems teach us that Mars is Hot and Dry, that the Fire is his thing. But not today. This Underworld initiation is in the Cancer waters and it won't be real unless He is ready to feel. If you find yourself dealing with heart pain, Rejoice!!! You're right where you should be. Go into that darkness for there is a bright and beautiful light on the other side. Mars is not all about War. Don't believe the hype! Cancer is an absolutely valid expression for the Masculine energy. I better hope so, because that's right where the Red One spun when I popped into this world this time around.Jung said, "Masculinity is to know your sword and know how to use it." This is part of what we Cancer and Libra Mars people are here to heal. What is the sword of the Libra man? A pen for a love letter? What is the sword for a Cancer man? A butter knife? Why the hell does Mars need to wield a sword anyway? Perhaps sorry that Jung spoke of was not a blade.As a mythologist, I searched far and wide to find a proper Cancer God. I did not find him in the Greco Roman Myths. I had to extend my search further to the North. One of the principal DVDs of the Norse then revealed himself to me. His name is Freyr and He packs a proud sword indeed. He is a God of fertility. Isn't this what Cancer is truly about? He is a God of the Water. In fact, he had a George Jetson style Viking boat that would fold up into a tiny magical wallet.One day, Freyr found his way to a beautiful giantess named Gerde. And in Libra Underworld fashion, it was all over for Him. He could not live another day without Gerde at His side. He ended up giving his magical sword, the sword that could kill giants of its own accord, to her father for the right to wed. The warrior Gods of the Norse fold ridiculed Freyr for this. "What will you do in the end days of Ragnarok. without a sword," they chided? And, indeed, it is prophesied that Freyr will lose his life to a Fire Giant that day. But as far as I'm concerned, it was a double win. For Freyr chose peace and he married the girl of his dreams.So much of the Cosmic Conversation is currently focused on our calling to rewrite our relationship to relationship. May it be so. Let us leave behind the patterns of old so we can try a little tenderness.Love and Planets,Gemini Brett

She is the light of the night. She is not always bright for She is the light that changes. She is the waters of heart, the tides that rise and fall for She is the light that changes. She is the subtle mind, the opening and closing of third eye, blossoming in the dark as we dream. She is memory. She is lineage. She is ancestry. She is the beat of the drum from which we come, umbilical union, the blood of our blood. She is harmony. She is mystery. She is receptive and reflective. She is the breath of light that does not burn or blind. She is the light that changes. Oh, what would be we without the comfort of our constant companion? Let us sing praises to the pulse of our sweet satellite. Let us rest in the womb of our Mother Moon. Monday is Moon Day so let’s have a listen to the State of the Moonion. If I was the type of astrolonaut to claim there are slices of the celestial cake richer than the others, I would say the Moon is currently chewing through one of the sweetest two for today the waning Crescent dances in the Sacred Hoop: the Silver Gate on the Hand of the High Man. This is the birthplace of Sol whose mysteries I decoded in my last StarryTelling Podcast to the magical music of Gemini Venus Marya Stark. Hear here if you are so inclined. The Moon currently sings the trickster tunes of Gemini. She reminds us today that youth is truth. As She wanes through the midpoint of the Uranus/Eris – Venus/Jupiter Fire Trine, Her Gemini winds blow Aries sparks of revolution into roaring flames of Leo play and sovereign self-love. Between Sextiles to Jupiter and Venus, She and Pisces Chiron Square off for a challenging debate about suffering in the Earth Game. The Court Jester laughs as she juggles Mitres and Crowns. Ms. Gemini Moon will enjoy a few extra-trickster hours void of course before returning home to Cancer at 11:13 tonight. On Tuesday, it’s a group hug with Mercury and Mars to remind the masculine it’s okay to voice His feelings. Mars has been Under the Beams of the Sun since April 17th and won’t rise from the Underworld until August 5th. Now, as Mars reaches Opposition to Pluto, a little love and encouragement from Mother Moon is exactly what He needs and, after all, Tuesday is His day of the week. Then… Drum roll please…. for July 15th! Before the Curtain of light sets into night, Moon and Sun align in Her favorite Sign. This Cancer New Moon in the 24th Degree will form a loose Grand Water Trine to Retrograde Pisces Chiron and Retrograde Scorpio Saturn. Get ready to open the floodgates for a moonth of community-centered self-care. Bring some tissues and please know this review of the tidal waves that have crashed upon your shores since 2012 will be a great gift to your tribe. Relax, release, let die, and be revived. If we dive deep enough, we might just find our way to the Fires that breathe like dragons through the vents of the ocean floor. Can you hear the Lion’s roar? Moon makes Her way into Leo on Jupiter’s Day and meets with that Gas Giant Guru the next before ushering Venus into Virgo Saturday evening. We engage with a study of sovereign self-love to heal patterns that have plagued past partnerships. Moon embraces the Goddess to acknowledge the last test of her 19-month quest as She prepares to retrograde herself from West to East to be initiated into a new investigation of just what it means to serve as a righteous and honorable Queen. Will Her Grace be courageous enough to compost the throne she has earned into the soil that will host the seeds of rebirth? Relax, release, let die, and be revived. This summer’s gonna get a little hotter, but don’t sweat the burn. Have fun in Sun and love what you learn. See you in Space! Gemini Brett

ReImagining the Myths...Divine dimensions of the Astrological Mysteries shine through the veil when we remember to look up. The chart is a map of the sky, after all. Tropical (Western) Astrologers fix the Signs to the Seasons while Sidereal (most Eastern) Astrologers fix them to the Constellations (kind of). Which is right... Seasons (Earth) or Constellations (Sky)? Both, of course! And honoring each paves one of many paths to the marriage of Heaven and Earth. I voice my devotion to this Sacred Union by singing Constellational myths within the Archetypal vibrations of Seasonal Symphonies. Care to hear a tune?Western Astrologers charted last Saturday's Blood Moon in the 15th Degree of Libra. This Total Lunar Eclipse highlighted the calling of the Nodes that have been asking us to relax the over-independent, armored-heart, wounded-warrior of shadow Aries (South Node) to welcome the light of Libra (North Node), which dances in the beauty of balance, harmony, partnership, and communication. Since February of 2014, we have been called to contemplate the great dance of Self and Other. Sound familiar? This particular ballroom is the happening spot until November.

The midpoint between the Moon and North Node during Saturday's Eclipse was 12 Degrees and 12 Minutes Libra. How's that for balance? The sky opened during the dark hours of Saturday morning to show the Blood Moon in the Constellation of the Virgin Priestess whose devotion to sacred work teaches us that true independence (or Undependence, as I'm fond of saying) is not the poison to balanced relationship, but rather its medicine. The Moon was rather close to the star Porrima, the Virgin's left shoulder, which is said to be a star of great prophecy. However, longitudinally, the Moon was even more closely aligned to Alchita, the Alpha (brightest) star of the Constellation Corvus... the Beak of the Crow.

I've become rather familiar with this zone of the Zodiac lately because it is a key signature of my celestial fingerprint. Please skip this paragraph if you are not a fan of astrobabble. For those of you who are, you'll notice I've highlighted the Grand Air Trine on my Chart that links my Gemini Ascendent to my Aquarius Midheaven and to Mercury-Conjunct-Pluto in Libra.

Many would say that, because I was born with Gemini Rising, Mercury is the Ruler of my chart. He is said to be the ruler of the First Gemini Decan where my Ascendent lies as well as the ruler of the Second Decan of Aquarius (my Midheaven). Perhaps I've been thinking about Mercury more than ever before because I'm approaching Mercury Synodic Return and Mercury is my Profected Time Lord this year. But, Mercury, doesn't really want to Lord about, does he?

No, Mercury is the shape-shifting, magical messenger. And so is Crow, whose myths I chose to reimagine during the final phases of the Blood Moon last weekend. It is said that Crow is sacred to Apollo because the Sun God turned himself into this Silver Bird to escape the monster Typhon when he attacked Olympus. That's right, the Greek myths tell us that Crow was silver and white until Apollo burned his feathers. Why would the Solar One do such a thing to his esteemed messenger? I'll tell you... Apollo had tasked Corvus (the Crow) to spy on his pregnant lady friend, Coronis. Apollo went full solar flare when Crow returned to tell him that Coronis was fooling around with another man. Apollo's sister Artemis killed Coronis, but fortunately the child survived and was taken in by Chiron who trained the boy to become the greatest healer known to the Greek myths. His name was Aesculapius. But back to Crow. Why you gotta,burn the messenger Apollo? Well, it is said that the Crow was blackened by Apollo's rage because he had taken pleasure in delivering the nasty news. Crow's new charcoal coat would only assist him, however, as his tasks often demanded he pass through shadowy places, where black, after all, is the best camouflage.

Now, the myths tell us that Crow's final task went unfinished. While preparing a great feast for his father Zeus, Apollo sent Corvus to fill the holy grail called Crater with water from a divine spring. "I'm on it, boss" squawked Crow as he flew away with empty cup in tow. He winged towards spring, quick to the gig, but found himself distracted by the most glorious fig. "A quick stop shouldn't hurt," thought he as talons touched tree, "five days yet remain until the King of King's feast."

He was rewarded for his diversion by the delicacy of an almost perfect fig. Almost perfect. And almost wasn't good enough for Crow, who knew that two more days on the branch would birth the most succulent figs even known to the history of figdom. He thought about flying off to fill the Crater, then returning to claim his fruity prize, but decided such course would be unwise. What if another were to steal his treasure while he was away? That just would not do. So he patiently waited two days, diligently suppressing his desire to jump the fig gun.

He waited and waited and waited and waited and, finally, was well rewarded for his patience. For, two more days on sprig, did indeed produce one heavenly fig. Many heavenly figs, rather, and Crow couldn't stop at one. He ate a second. And a forth. And a fourteenth. And a seventy-second. In fact, for days and days, Crow straight-up figged out. By this time, of course, Apollo was forced to frustratingly find his own feast water. But Crow had no time to think of Apollo. His mind was focused soley on fabulous figgery. I mean, he was getting cold figgy with it. That is, until he was snapped out of his figgy trance by the slow movement of the snake Hydra whose slither Crow glanced. "Oh sheet, I'm screwed!" Crow gasped as he remembered his task. But instead of filling the Crater as he had been asked to do, Crow returned with the empty cup in one talon and the snake in the other, declaring to Apollo that Hydra had blocked the waters of the spring so he could not fill Crater.

Apollo didn't buy what Crow was trying to sell. It ain't easy to pull a fast one on the God of Prophecy, you know? In that instant, Apollo cast Corvus into the heavens where we find him to this very day, just above the Hydra who snakes along the divine river of the Milky Way, and next to the grail Crater, which we are told is ever full though beyond the reach of Crow who Apolllo cursed to eternal thirst. It is also said that the Crow will never be seen when ripe figs are on tree.

As far as I'm concerned, this is a myth that needs reimagining. I believe our fine-feathered friend deserves another chance. Don't we all? And so I found myself committing to a magical act of mythic mystery during the last phase of Saturday's Blood Moon, for just as the Moon set in the West, Apollo rose in the East to find me waiting with a full grail of the divine water we call Pu'erh tea and with an apology for unfinished tasks of my personal past.. As you can see in the photo attached, a large crow perched on a driftwood post not ten feet away to wait and present the Crater with me. Seems that Crow knew exactly what I was up to, no? When Apollo and I had made amends and my wings had been retrieved, I poured the tea into the Puget Sound asking Poseidon to carry it to his brother Zeus' feast on Mt. Olympics (that's the closest we get to Olympus here in Seattle). End scene.

The wings were clipped so long ago, but today the Crow flies again! I'm pleased to note back pain I've been plaguing myself with for four years seems also to have flown to the wind.

Monday, March 16th at 7:53pm PST marks the seventh and last of the recent exact Square alignments between Uranus and Pluto. My prediction for the last song of this dynamic duet… astrologers are going to have to find something new to write about ;) . Jokes. The Celestial Symphony never stops playing, you know? There are always hit tunes for us to sing along to. Wheels within Wheels… Jams within Jams, man. And the Square Dance ain’t really over anyway, fans, so don’t go trading in those Westies just yet. Earth’s annual pass of Pluto and of Uranus will choreograph retrograde loops that will call the Planets of Evolution and Revolution back to the bandstand for a series of encores. In February of 2016, they will find themselves within 1.03 degrees of a perfect Square. It’s only 3.05 degrees from 90 a year later. Even the echo that will resound in 2018 will be clear to the listening ear. Uranus will be 95.1 degrees ahead of Pluto on February 3rd and 4th that year. Well, I couldn’t type that last sentence without searching the Web for “95.1 FM” now, could I? While “Cosmo Radio” in Thessaloniki, Greece is a close a second, I’m going with 95.1 FM “The Moose” in Bozeman, Montana. Yee haw! Care for another taste of synchronicity stew? Let’s dip our spoons into the tasty Spirit Animal broth at www.linsdomain.com:

“Moose is one of the most ancient of the power totems. A Moose totem gives you sacred and unique energy. With a Moose totem you will be full of contradictions. Awkward yet graceful. Large yet able to move swiftly and silently. Moose people usually have excellent depth perception. Moose is also associated with the maternal forces of the world, the primal feminine energies. This can be awakened through water or the sea, the womb of life.”

Let this tangential tangle of a post be a statement of the awkward awakening that’s been altering me since the first of the seven exact Uranus-Pluto Squares of June 24th, 2012. At that time, I was still unscientifically certain that astrology is nothing but nonsense pseudoscience. When the second Square sang in September that year, I was starting to succumb to several synchronistic suggestions that I give this thing a go by booking a reading with Shamanic Astrology’s founder Daniel Giamario. A couple months later, I caved in to that calling and joyfully witnessed the curtain of my preconceptions falling. By the third exact Square in May of 2013, I had devoted myself to embracing the starry cloth I now wear as my cape. Has it been Awkward? Yes! Graceful? I guess. Large and Swift? Surely, but I’m not so sure about Silent. Excellent Depth Perception? I’m working on it. Certainly, it’s been a Unique and Sacred working through sifting the Contradictions from the Depths of my Perceptions. It would seem the Shifting has begun. But as we follow the Sun, we find that without a little Death in the Depths, there’s no Resurrection to the Light. Have you too been shaken to awaken? I know that you have. Folks in New Zealand who choose honor the near perfect Square between Uranus and Pluto today by tuning their radio dials to 90.2 will hear the sounds of Aukland’s “The Rock.” Remember when Christchurch got rocked? Not long before, Chile was earthquaking. Then, exactly four years ago today on March 11th, 2011, Japan started shaking. “Moose is also associated with the maternal forces of the world, the primal feminine energies. This can be awakened through water or the sea, the womb of life.” It was no pseudoscientific coincidence that Fukushima had us all singing “Ring of Fire” on the very day that Uranus ingressed from the Waters of Pisces to stay for a while in the Fires of Aries. Fire in the Waters, indeed. Weren’t we all shaken awake by primal forces in those seas? What’s most important now is that we don’t go back to sleep. Fukushima hasn’t. Neither have the unrighteous wars. With grace in our hearts, let us stay true to that which we are awakening for. This Uranus-Pluto Square has been a blaring alarm clock to the sleeper cells within the agents of change. What will get us out of bed when the alarm gets unplugged? Now that we have remembered the magic of manifestation, let us continue to choose change before it chooses us. How’s this for a contradiction?... this thing gets harder when things get easier. How will we stay true to this awakening if we are not forced to by a consistent chorus of explosions that cannot be ignored. I’m not here to proclaim that the storm will go tame. In fact, this seventh exact Square could bring another shock. But that’s not what I’m feeling, nor is it the general theme coming to me in consultations with clients of late. It feels more like the biggest earthquake has already happened. Now we are asked to honor the aftershocks by staying true to the intent of the shaking. We’ve been forced to surrender to the storm that has steered us into unchartered territory. Now, as the winds of change calm, we’ll have to paddle the canoe to seas of big fish. And isn’t that a beautiful thing? Nobody likes to be shaken awake anyway and there’s no call for yawning in this dawning of the Aquarian Age. Let us continue to awaken, not because we’re forced to, but because it’s damn fun to play in the Sun. Have you been shaken awake? I know that you have. When the alarm clock gets unplugged, will you continue to awaken? I know that you will because I’ve witnessed your Will. And “Holy Spirit Moose!” it’s the bright Light of Truth! And, again, the alarm clock isn’t really getting unplugged anyway. History has proven that it’s actually the years following the Squares when Shift really happens. Sourcepoint Astrologer Robert Weinstein and I will be combining forces this Saturnsday at the Vital Energy Center to talk about that, to astrologcially review these years of exact Uranus-Pluto Squares and, more importantly, to preview what’s to come. What’s up with this Equinox Eclipse? How can we ceremonially use the energy of this year’s Blood Moons, the remaining two of a rare Tetrad. What’s up with this Jupiter-Uranus Trine and the coming Saturn-Neptune Square? Most important to me, how can we honor the beautiful dance of Venus and Mars this year to rewrite our relationship to relationship? What does the movement of the Lunar Nodes during this Interior Standstill year have to say about that? Yes, there’s a lot to talk about, but we’re also stoked to listen. We welcome you to share your tests and your quests and, afterwards, if the cloud allows, I say we all honor the living sky by singing a pretty song to Venus and Mars in the Sunset West as Jupiter conducts from above. Anybody know a love song? I know that you do! In fact, you are it!!! See you in Space! And we hope to see you on Earth… https://www.facebook.com/events/399703523523455/ Gemini Brett, Astrolonaut

And so it begins... after swimming together like two fish in the Waters of Pisces for the past few weeks, Mars ingressed into the Aries Fire yesterday and Venus will follow at noon today. It's getting hot in here! The Moon catches up to the charming couple this afternoon to create a beautiful triple conjunction in the Sunset sky. Then tomorrow, February 21st at 9:12pm PST, Venus and Mars will share their first of three 2015 kisses. I recently wrote about these three exact conjunctions of Venus (representing the Divine Feminine) and Mars (representing the Divine Masculine) expressing an opportunity we all share to rewrite our relationship to relationship. Perhaps, a better term would be an opportunity for giving birth to a new partnership between the Yin and Yang energies within and without as this February conjunction will take place less than two degrees from the Vernal Equinox point that represents new beginnings on the Wheel of Life and the third conjunction of Venus and Mars will occur about nine months later in November near the Autumnal Equinox point that represents moving out of self and into relationship.

Sometimes, in order to create, we must first destroy. Are there patterns of past partnership that have plagued your playbook? Hand-on-heart, I must admit I have a couple of pages in mine that the bonfire now desires. As it tends to happen when we stay tuned to the subtleties, the call of my coming correction was confirmed by a shining synchronicity this morning. First, I drew number 24 from the Gene Keys cards my Secret Valentine gifted me at the OneDoorLand heart concert last weekend. 24 is the day of my October birth and, in the Gene Keys, it paves the path from the shadow of Addiction through the gift of Invention to the siddhi of Silence. During my contemplation of that 24th Key, a friend sent me a statement about The Lover Archetype of the Divine Masculine in which Moore and Gillette suggest "The Addicted Lover" is one of many available shadow states. This addiction is one I choose to pursue and purge during the months of these Venus-Mars Conjunctions, as it indeed is perhaps the most prevalent pattern that has plagued my partnership playbook in the past. So, I've decided to display my devotion to its dismissal by donning my hologram helmet and singing this oldie from the Low Budget Astronaut collection of heartache hymns. May this Invention carry me from Addiction to Silence.

P.S. - The art in the background of this video is from visionary painter Eric Nez's 21st Century Family, my favorite image of our release from the cycle of Patriarchy-Matriarchy-Patriarchy-Matriarchy-... as we now give birth to the coming Age of the Child.

Love and Planets,Gemini Brett

FALL GUY - by Low Budget Astronaut

I'm falling in love With falling in love againI read the notes that we wroteAgain and again and againIt's embarrassingWhen will I ever learnIt's not cool to lose myself?

I'm falling for the jokeOf falling for jokes againI built a house out of hopeWatched it burn down in smokeI'm chokingShe quit smokingBut I'm the one chokingAnd I keep choking

I'm falling in love with falling in love againI keep falling in love with falling in love againBecause I'm the Fall GuyBaby, I'm the Fall Guy

Well, I could fall for a rockShe doesn't even have to talkI could talk enough for both of usAnd I could fall for a clockShe could tick, I could tockI'm like a toddlerFalling every time I try to walkWhen will I learn the truth?

You gotta crawl before you walk before you runI'm running my mouth and following you aroundIt's true what comes up must go down And I'm a bullet from a sunward gunI got a hunch you need a fall guy for a stuntDress me in a clown suitShoot me from a cannon at a wallAnd watch me fallBaby, I'm the Fall GuyYou can watch me fallBaby, I'm the Fall Guy

I'm falling in love with falling in love againI keep falling in love with falling in love againI'm falling for the following of following you aroundI guess I'm falling in love with falling down

I'm falling downI'm falling in love with falling in love with falling in love

Through terrestrial exploration of celestial conversation, we Seekers and Keepers stoke the flames of inspiration. Our tribe Dances in the Dream and plants the seeds of higher seeing, then rolls around on Gaia's ground in gratitude for human Being.

Magic! The Dream calls us to Dance together on February 21st just as Venus and Mars will share their first of three embraces this year. Lend your gaze to the western horizon shortly after Sunset this month and you will find Venus and Mars gazing back. Not only will they match longitudes at 1.42 Aries (incredibly close to the Vernal Equinox point that represents new beginnings) on February 21st, but their relative declinations from the Sun's path will bring them within half a degree of one another latitudinally as well. This is celestial contact dancing at its finest. Venus and Mars make three meetings like this every six and a half years, but they haven't enjoyed a series of three exact kisses like they will on 2/21, 8/31, and 11/2 since 1996. The Yin and Yang dance together in a rare and beautiful way this year that is gifting us the opportunity to rewrite our relationship to relationship. And everything is relationship, is it not? More about that below here.

Today's Leo Full Moon (exact at 3:09pm PST) aligns to Jupiter who magnifies everything He touches. This is a different kind of "Super Full Moon" that comes to us from the 15th degree of Leo... exactly where Venus and Mars will embrace for the second time this year on August 31st. In the Moon Game I play, the Full Moon illuminates seeds planted at the time of New Moon two weeks before. I had tea with Aquarius to discuss on January 20th to discuss this Moonth's Game. If you've got fifty minutes to spare you can share that space with me here. Because your active life most likely will not allow such a lengthly visit, here's a brief synopsis of tonight's Leo Full Moon's activation of our Aquarian call to freedom, expansion of consciousness, and paradigm shift as it relates to this gift of relationship renewal:

The Leo Archetype reminds us of our call to creation and to the beauty of burning self-love. Leo is the roaring flame of our caldron. They say Leo needs the stage. That it needs the spotlight. Fiddlesticks! The stage needs Leo because Leo is the spotlight... the illuminated one whose flame roars so brilliantly that all candles can be lit from it. We've all had this experience of being so in love with another that we emanate an undeniable magnetism. But can we allow such a burning love for ourselves? Perhaps the key to avoiding the potential Aquarian shadow of avoidance is to activate this roaring self-love and creative spark. We've been coached to believe independence is poison to relationship, when it is, in fact, the medicine. May Jupiter's magnification of tonight's Leo Full Moon remind us that the gift of self-love gives more love to our community and to All That Is.

May this service of self-love be rich within the ink we use to rewrite our relationship to relationship as Venus and Mars embrace thrice this year. No doubt Venus' conjunction with celestial healer Neptune and Mar's conjunction to shamanic healer Chiron as the Leo Moon becomes fully illuminated are asking us to participate with the healing and reconnection of Yin Yang. You hold the medicine. The Leo Full Moon's Grand Fire Trine with Aries Uranus and Sagittarius Pallas Athena gives us another glimpse into this gift. Aires is the spark that starts the Fire and Uranus spinning in that Sign of the pioneering spirit with the South Lunar Node calls us to the self-revolution of reclaiming any pieces of self we have given away in the past. This intent is further expressed by the Asteroid Goddess of relationship Juno's strong opposition in Leo to retrograde Mercury in Aquarius. Sagittarius is the Fire's smoke that travels far and wide and rises to the Heavens. Goddess of Wisdom Pallas Athena reminds us that, even as Seekers who walk the path of independence, we never dance alone. For we are always guided and unconditionally loved by All That Is.

Here's to that and here's to you. See you on the Light Side of the Moon!Love and Planets,Gemini Brett

P.S. - I hope to see you Seattleites at Sutra Yoga next Thursday 2/12 for a dance with Venus, which I'm honored to say will be cosmically choreographed to the live music of the incredible Masaru Higasa!!! I will also be giving this Venus presentation, "The Thirteenth Flower" in Salem at Sacred Space on 2/13 and Portland at OneDoorLand on 2/14 (with Entheo, Marya Stark, Elijah Parker, and Andy Swanson!). More information here.

Every Planet is an instrument, every Sign a melody. Together they create a celestial symphony with ever-evolving movements to support our dynamic dance here in this beautiful ballroom called Earth. The conductor now raises his wand and calls our attention to the Yin and the Yang. The symphony began teasing this tune when the North Node entered Libra and called our minds to this Tetrad time of four consecutive Blood Moons. Now, a year later, the dancers take their places and the wand waves a waltz to celebrate three coming embraces of Venus and Mars as they spin through the Stars.As our closest planetary neighbors make three exact conjunctions this year, we are given the gift of an opportunity to rewrite our relationship to relationship. Venus is the Sacred Feminine, the involutionary tide of our feelings, and our highest spiritual potential that beats to the rhythm of our Hearts. Mars is the Sacred Masculine, the evolutionary tide of our creations, and our application of spiritual potential through the actions of our Will.Fix your gaze to the West after Sunset during these first weeks of February and you will see the brilliant beacon of Venus rising to meet the red light of Mars. This attraction will not be denied. Their first exact embrace will occur on February 21st in the evening sky at 1 degree, 42 minutes Aries. This is the Vernal Equinox point… the Zodiacal zone of new beginnings. Aries is the spark that starts the fire. When the Sun flames though these degrees, we are graced with equal night and day, equal Yin and Yang. Planting the seeds of Sacred Marriage will be the theme of the song.Venus will reverse course just after Summer Solstice and retrograde backwards through the Zodiac to meet Mars again on August 31st in the morning sky. Mars (4/17 – 8/5) and Venus (8/9 – 8/21) will each have experienced Underworld portions of their respective journeys by this time of conjunction at 14 degrees, 55 minutes Leo. This is the cross-quarter point that rests between the places of Summer Solstice and Autumnal Equinox. As the Sun approaches this point each year, Lammas, the first of three harvests, is celebrated. The Feminize and Masculine will have set their shadows free in the Fire of Sol and, at this second conjunction, the fruits of their new commitment will be ripe for the sharing. Leo is the roaring flames of our Hearts.Venus will station direct shortly after their August embrace and will dance closely with Mars for months until she falls in the morning sky to meet him for the third exact conjunction on November 2nd at 24 degrees, 2 minutes Virgo. The bright light of Jupiter will hover just above to witness the vows, deliver the rings, and announce the reunion of their union. You may now kiss the bride!What does it mean for this third of these three kisses to take place in the Sign of the Virgin Priestess. Will James Brown sing, “I gotta jump back and kiss myself!” as we celebrate the first dance of this Sacred Marriage? The third conjunction in Virgo brings us back to Earth after the first two in the Fire of Aries and Leo. May this Sacred Union be grounded in practice and devotion. Virgo is the leaf of the tree that always reaches for the light of Spirit and does the inner work that is necessary to feed our growth. May we remember that this opportunity to rewrite our relationship to relationship includes those of the bonds we share with Earth and with Spirit. We are called to remember everything in life is relationship.The North Node will sit at 0 Degrees, 15 Minutes Libra at the time of this third conjunction. Venus will spin into Libra to meet the Node at one side of the Autumnal Equinox point just before it retrogrades into Virgo on November 11th to meet Mars on the other. 11/11… make a wish! The Sabian Symbol for this 25th degree of Virgo that will host the third kiss is, “A flag at half-mast in front of a public building.” Dane Rudyar’s keynote to this degree from his book “An Astrological Mandala” reads, “The social acknowledgement of a job well done and a destiny fulfilled.” And so it shall be! May we always meet in the middle.The celestial fingerprint of our birth chart is a song that reflects our soul’s focus, but we must not ignore the rhythm of time by focusing solely on that spatial snapshot. Wheels within wheels. Cycles within cycles. What phase of the Venus and Mars dance where you born within? Which of the two rose first on the day of your birth? Where do these three conjunctions lie on the map of your soul path? And what does it all mean? I’m excited to present my personal findings and experience through a series of three StarryTelling journeys to celebrate these three conjunctions. The first of the three, “The 13th Flower” will focus on Venus and will be presented here in Seattle on 2/12, Salem on 2/13, and Portland on 2/14. More information can be found here:http://morethanastrology.weebly.com/events.html.And perhaps this is the perfect time to come over for a cup of Astrolotea and dive further into the calling of the Sacred Feminine and Masculine as sung by the symphony of your celestial fingerprint. Why not fly by for a sit on the magic carpet to enjoy a More Than Astrology Reading about your personal Sacred Marriage?Or maybe, I’ll just have to meet you in Space!Love and Planets,Gemini Brett

I'll be writing much more about the other Planetary Alignments during each of these Venus-Mars Conjunctions soon as the dates near. I'm particularly interested in alignments from the Asteroid Goddesses Juno, Pallas Athena, Vesta, and Ceres.

Some things are worth waking up for. Moon and Saturn embraced as they rose in the East this morning and it was breathtakingly beautiful to behold, but what does it mean? This is the first time that Luna has checked in with the Ringed One since he moved into Sagittarius on December 23rd. Saturn will retrograde back into Scorpio in June to wrap up some unfinished business, but in September it's back to Sagittarius, which will be his home until December of 2017. Perhaps the Moon, who knows so much about Home, Hearth, and Heart, is checking in to make sure Saturn has everything he needs in his new digs. Centaurs tend to require different bedding than Scorpions, you know?More importantly, Saturn's ingress into Sagittarius is challenging us all to step away from our comfort zones. Is this why Airbnb was such a mess for me in Mexico? Perhaps, but how can we truly seek adventure if we won't leave the walls of our homes? Safe to say "The Hobbit" would have been a short and disappointing novel if Bilbo had chosen to stay confined within the conditioning of his culture. But he did not! Sagittarius Saturn is a three year study that will give us the opportunity to rewrite rules limiting us from answering the call to adventure. And I'm not just talking about addictions to feather pillows and hot showers here. What core beliefs must we move away from in order to Seek Truth? Nothing matters more to the Fire of Sagittarius. Aries is the Spark, Leo is the Dancing Flame, and Sagittarius is the breath of the Smoke that travels far and wide and rises to the Heavens.In the other direction, let us not forget that, until Aquarius New Moon on Tuesday, Luna is still engaged with the Capricorn Moon Game and nobody knows Capricorn like Saturn. Perhaps we are all being reminded how important it is for our open hearts to stay grounded during these dynamic days of gigantic growth. But didn't Tolkien also teach that trees can travel? Home is where the heart is so you ARE your Temple. As we trust the terrestrial and invite the celestial, we will know the truth that we are always protected, connected, and unconditionally loved by All That Is. Remember, "Not all those who wander are lost."Love and Planets,Gemini Brett

You know those times when you're like chilling out on the beach and... I'm talking about you've achieved the state of ultimate relaxation now... it's like you slow-motion crawl onto that impossibly comfortable lounge chair situation under the divine mandala shadows of sunbrella because the weather is just too perfect and the singing breeze in the soft shade is like the slowest orgasm in the history of vacation... and now you know you're so totally tranquil because your tasty tropical drink has it's own little elf-sized mandala machine of umbrella and it's not even pretentious or touristy either, Jack... in fact, you've maxed your relax to such levels of still that every ice cube in your mandala umbrella drink has it's own tiny, little, ice-cube sized umbrella of mandala magnificence...

but just as clear contemplation upon the ultimate state of umbrellaness you've achieved silently sirens your consciousness into to some strange state of accidental samadhi... a flash hurricane strikes, the skies turn the wrong color of pretty in pink, and some tsunami wave pulls you straight out to sea in the most violent of fashions... and now you're trapped in the terror of the eternal undertow surrounded by funky fish with creepy oversized fishbowl eyes... and though they can't speak to you, their glazed gaze clearly expressed what you already know... you are fooked down here without gills, Jill...

but just as you can't help gasping that burning breath of salt sting into your lungs, the whole sea scene is struck by sudden lightening and you find yourself rocketed into the electric air above the storm... and now those same strange eyes of your fish friends are emoting a different story, which can be loosely translated as, "gills kind of suck up here, dear"... but before you can even complete that sweet inhale of survival in celebration of Darwinian evolution, the largest wave since the great deluge comes crashing straight into you and smacks you backward onto that beautiful beach which only moments ago sung a song called "umbrella, umbrella, umbrella"...

now... as you reminisce on the impossibility of your continuing heart beat, another wave comes crashing in... this one, however, does not take you anywhere, but rather delivers onto you an entire family of an unknown genus of electric eel, which shocks the shit out of you... and before you can fully enter the irony of rocking that damn MGMT remix a million times too many, the sand around you caves in and you find yourself falling into an endless sinkhole which defies the most advanced theories of the greatest genius geologist in the history of modern science... and you fall and you fall and you fall...

until that sinkhole turns out to be mouth of a geyser whose funky breath propels you faster than Peruvian jungle puke into the heavens above you and you ascend and you ascend and you ascend... until you crash through the spiky palms of a too-tall tree to desperately embrace a branch with every ounce of energy you have left... but it turns out that's no branch you hold, Joe, but rather a ripe, round fruit that's ready to fall and fall and fall (did you know there are more Hawaiian deaths by falling coconut than by wave or volcano?)...

and you come crashing down onto those now tattered umbrellas in a coconut water flash flood of creepy-eyed fish and unknown electric eels as you gasp your last breath before your show is canceled by cardiac arrest... but an angel with caduceus tattoos drifts down to you on a rainbow cloud with divine defibrillator paddles and shocks you back into existence... too bad she wasn't privy to the fact that you and the fish and the eels had crashed onto the umbrella-covered back of a ancient wholly walrus who wakes from eons of rest and is none-too-happy for it... just look at the size of those tusks!!!

Raise your hand if your life has been undergoing wholesale change seemingly nonstop for two years now. Raise your hand if seemingly untreatable physical pains have accompanied your transformation. Raise your hand if you or people you love have fallen unexpectedly ill or passed on. Raise your hand if, for some unknown reason, you are more sure than ever that this difficulty is rooted in divine purpose and will not last forever.If your arm is sore from all that hand raising, you dear soul, are doing the Uranus-Pluto-Square Dance and I bet you've been feeling like the Caller has been screaming into the microphone this week. I just had a vision of Planets dressed in flannel and cowboy hats. Cute. This greatest astrological alignment of our day isn't always feeling so cute, however, and it's heating up right now as Uranus and Pluto make the 6th of 7 exact alignments on Sunday.

Uranus is Revolution and Pluto is Evolution so you can bet their alignments are accompanied by Earthly explosions. A few examples of these Uranus-Pluto times: French Revolution, Great Depression, Vietnam. A more relevant example: right fooking now! Indeed, we are seeing all sorts of revolutions on the streets around the world and right here at home. Indeed, it has been feeling like sleeper cells within our very bodies are waking up to toss Molotov cocktails at anything within that wold try to stand in the way of rapid rEvoltuion. Resistance is futile!

So what can we do about this? Well, we declare a rLOVEution by actively engaging and choosing change before change chooses us. Time to stare straight into the face of our fears, toss a garbage can through their store windows, and steal their televisions, then smash them in the streets because we're sick of all the programs. We've been rapidly evolving, but the fact that the world without is still on fire shows that we are still resisting inner changes that will not be refused. Can we take this even further? We will be supported. The last exact alignment is in March. Let us use this energy instead of allowing it to use us. Let us use this energy in our own lives so the wonky wizards of ridiculous remote control will have less of it to use for continuing their wars and unrighteousness. Choose change!

Celebrate this alignment Sunday by staging a Sit-In within and sing a Bob Marley song of revolution so wildly to your roadblocks that they dance themselves to pieces. If you have personal Planets around 12 and half degrees of the Cardinal Signs, this Sunday Square is aligned right to you. For example, my Mercury is 12.39 Libra. Good thing I'm writing now because my mind is about to explode. Actually, it won't, but only because I'm actively engaging with this calling to march mental structures that no longer serve me straight to the sacrificial altar. Sometimes we've got to destroy old ways to make way for new. It might not be so pretty right now, but this storm will not last forever. It is time to harness its power. When the big wave comes, you can't run away. It's time to dive right under and prepare to highfive your courage as you resurface into the waters of a brighter you.